Not as far as I know.

I am sure that the Money developers know what the triggers are but I have
never been able to work out what is needed to force a compaction.

--
Regards
Bob Peel,
Microsoft MVP - Money

For UK tips & fixes see
http://support.microsoft.com/default...d=fh;EN-GB;mny.
For wishes or suggestions see
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"Mark Horn" <mark[at]hornclan.com> wrote in message
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On 2005-06-06, Dick Watson <littlegreengecko[at]mind-enufalready-spring.com> wrote:
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Is there a way to force an auto-compact? I didn't even know such
a thing existed.

Wait until the next time it thinks to auto-compact. It may be smaller then.

"Mark Horn" <mark[at]hornclan.com> wrote in message
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On 2005-06-06, Mark Horn <mark[at]hornclan.com> wrote:
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This didn't appear to help me at all. In fact, my file is 52 KiB
*bigger* after trying this! This is surprising to me, because,
as a daily transaction downloader, I also download quotes (almost)
every day and have done so for the last 4 years. I would have
expected that my old quotes would have been substantial.

My methodology:

1) Money not running
2) Copy "My Money.mny" to "My Money2.mny"
3) Open "My Money.mny"
4) Run step 2 above
5) Exit Money
6) Compare "My Money.mny" to "My Money2.mny". Latter is 52 KiB larger.
7) Re-open "My Money.mny"
8) Exit Money
6) Compare "My Money.mny" to "My Money2.mny". Latter is 52 KiB larger.

On 2005-06-05, Dick Watson <littlegreengecko[at]mind-enufalready-spring.com> wrote:
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Didn't know about this one. Does it really help that much?

Oh, and my M04 file is roughly 23 MiB. It contains data from
about 6/01.

In microsoft.public.money, Tony Lisanti wrote:

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If you are looking to not see the old data, archiving may be for
you. It better matches the sense of order for some people.

If you are looking to make your file appreciably smaller and faster,
archiving is unlikely to achieve your expectations.

Before archiving make an extra copy of your file and backup files.

I don't really care about looking at reports since I started using
money in 1995, since then I've married bought a house, and so on.
What would I gain looking at date 8 years before I was married??




On Mon, 30 May 2005 17:19:23 -0700, "Tod DeBie"
<tod_debie[at]hotmail.com> wrote:

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IN M2005 it is Investing > Investing Tools > Portfolio Manager > More Clear prices

--
Regards
Bob Peel,
Microsoft MVP - Money

For UK tips & fixes see
http://support.microsoft.com/default...d=fh;EN-GB;mny.
For wishes or suggestions see
http://register.microsoft.com/mswish/suggestion.asp
or for UK wishes http://www.microsoft.com/uk/support/money/feedback

I do not respond to any emails that I have not specifically asked for.

"Dick Watson" <littlegreengecko[at]mind-enufalready-spring.com> wrote in
message news:OiXWU0caFHA.3032[at]TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl...
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Step 1: Portfolio|Common Tasks|Update Prices|Pick quotes to download|Stop
downloading quotes...

Step 2: Portfolio|Other Tasks|Update Quote List|Clear quotes for
securities... 12 months, |Clear quotes every time I open Money.

That's a heck of a start. But I'm not sure either exist prior to M04. I
can't tell you where these are in M05.

"Tod DeBie" <tod_debie[at]hotmail.com> wrote in message
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How do you pare them?

Tod

"Dick Watson" <littlegreengecko[at]mind-enufalready-spring.com> wrote in
message news:OFQmhkDaFHA.228[at]TK2MSFTNGP12.phx.gbl...
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On Fri, 3 Jun 2005 14:02:05 -0600, "Dick Watson"
<littlegreengecko[at]mind-enufalready-spring.com> wrote:

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I go back to late 1997.

Best,
--ron

That explains a lot. Mine's "only" 59MB and I go back to '93. I only get
quotes on days everything is up--cheating, I know--and do weed out old
quotes. My quotes list is maybe 30 or 40 long.

"Ron Rosenfeld" <ronrosenfeld[at]nospam.org> wrote in message
news:3ab1a158ofiror44pefbprlhva240en0i0[at]4ax.com...
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On Fri, 3 Jun 2005 06:36:36 -0600, "Dick Watson"
<littlegreengecko[at]mind-enufalready-spring.com> wrote:

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I get quotes most every day on my current holdings only. I usually have about
50 positions.


--ron

Wow! Do you get quotes every day? Have you told it to pare any? (I'm not
sure you could until M04.)

"Ron Rosenfeld" <ronrosenfeld[at]nospam.org> wrote in message
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On Mon, 30 May 2005 10:43:47 -0700, "Tod DeBie" <tod_debie[at]hotmail.com> wrote:

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Mine is 88.2MB. I am running M2003 and the file has data to Oct 1997.

I would prefer never to archive so as to have the historical information
readily available.


--ron

I'm at relatively punt 17 Mb. That's since 1998. Just started tracking
all my credit card accounts in Money about two years ago (about seven or
eight such accounts), so I'd expect it to grow quicker now.

Tod DeBie wrote:

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"Dick Watson" <littlegreengecko[at]mind-enufalready-spring.com> wrote in
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I agree. I like having all the data so I can do reports that span multiple
years.

Tod

My file is about 59MB. I find compelling reasons to not archive. There
doesn't seem to be a hard limit anywhere near where any of us are. There may
be practical limits.

"Tod DeBie" <tod_debie[at]hotmail.com> wrote in message
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My file is about 50Mb. I have not found a compelling reason to archive.

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"Tod DeBie" <tod_debie[at]hotmail.com> wrote in message
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Tod DeBie wrote:
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My current is about 10 meg. I suggest you may want to archive some of
the older data as Money does slow down with larger files.

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Joseph Meehan

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